NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day Features Comet NEOWISE Over the Adriatic Sea

NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) series featured an image titled "Comet NEOWISE Rising over the Adriatic Sea" in its September 13, 2026 entry, according to the agency's science website.

APOD, hosted by NASA, publishes a new astronomical image or photograph each day accompanied by a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer, the site states. The archive allows users to browse past entries, submit images, and search previous features.

Comet NEOWISE, formally designated C/2020 F3, was discovered in March 2020 by NASA's Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) space telescope. The comet became widely visible to observers with the naked eye during its close approach to Earth in mid-2020, drawing attention from skywatchers and photographers around the world, including along coastlines such as the Adriatic Sea.

The specific details of the September 13 APOD image, including the photographer and exact circumstances of the capture, were not included in the available excerpt from NASA's website. NASA's APOD page notes that additional explanation and image credits typically accompany each daily feature on the official site.

NASA has published APOD entries daily since 1995, according to the organization, making it one of the longest-running public astronomy education resources on the internet.